Gerald Ford will be remembered for a lot of things. He was the only President of the United States to hold office without being elected either as President or Vice-President (insert snide remark about the 2000 election here). He was the president who inherited a White House rocked by the Watergate Scandal and the abrupt resignation of Richard Nixon. He was the president who later pardoned Nixon,
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Former cop plans to sell "how-to" video to drug smugglers
Posted on 11:06 AM by jackline
A former police officer in the east Texas town of Tyler is preparing to sell a video which teaches people how to conceal drugs from police searches.Barry Cooper, who has worked for small police departments in East Texas, plans to launch a website next week where he will sell his video, "Never Get Busted Again," the Tyler Morning Telegraph reported in its online edition Thursday.A promotional
Friday, December 22, 2006
The New Orleans Bowl
Posted on 7:52 PM by jackline
Rice looks like a team that hasn't played in a bowl game for 45 years.Ugh.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Happy Solstice, everyone!
Posted on 12:33 PM by jackline
Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere (and the longest day of the year in the southern hemisphere). From here, the days will gradually get longer and the sun will gradually move higher in the sky; this process will culminate with the summer solstice on June 21, 2007.The solstices occur because the earth's axis is not perpendicular to its orbital
Monday, December 18, 2006
A Christmas shipping scam
Posted on 10:20 AM by jackline
No, that's no misprint: this is not a "shopping" scam. It is a shipping scam, and a pretty clever one at that.Last Friday, I ordered a gift for Kirby from an online retailer that specializes in children's products. I specified that the item be shipped by ground, even though I recognized that, given the relatively short amount of time until Christmas, the gift might not be delivered in time (which
Friday, December 15, 2006
Christmas Gift Angst
Posted on 8:29 AM by jackline
Yeah, yeah, I'm still here. I just haven't had anything to write about in the last week-and-a-half, especially now that college football season is over, and I really don't have anything to say that hasn't already been said by other local bloggers about Vince Young single-handedly defeating the same Texans team that decided not to draft him, or the Astros not re-signing Andy Pettite, or the push
Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Yet another BCS controversy (and other bowl-related thoughts)
Posted on 9:42 PM by jackline
Okay, I promise that this will be my last post about college football until after the Liberty Bowl...Anyway, if it's early December, it must be time for another Bowl Championship Series controversy. UCLA's 13-9 upset over #2 USC in Los Angeles last Saturday, along with #4 Florida's victory over #8 Arkansas in the SEC Championship Game, resulted in Florida leapfrogging #3 Michigan to become the #2
Coogs conquer Conference USA before 31,818 fans
Posted on 7:32 PM by jackline
The atmosphere in and around Robertson Stadium last Friday evening was electric. The weather was cold, the stadium was packed with a standing-room-only crowd of 31,818 (so much for the abysmal fan support, right, Dick and John?) and even Lori commented as we walked to the stadium that it felt so much different and so much more exciting than a typical University of Houston home game. That's
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